Religion and Human Life

RELIGION AND HUMAN LIFE Religion is a companion of man in his times of difficulty. It bestows man with the art of crisis management. Religion makes man capable of not becoming a victim of crisis but converting crises into occasions for intellectual nourishment. Religion is a sign of the intellectual health of a person. Religion makes man capable of converting a negative experience into a positive result. Religion can help man transform an enemy into his friend. As opposed to conventional belief, religion is not a set of rituals and dogmas. True religion is not that a person is born into a particular family linked to a specific religious tradition. As a result, he becomes connected with some ‘religious’ groups he identifies with. These are all external things. It is not the reality of religion. The reality of religion is inner realisation, and inner realisation is far above external things. Religion instills right thinking in man. It shows man those hidden things the ordinary human eye cannot see. Religion makes man capable of drawing lessons